The Moderating Effects of Network Centrality between IT Initiatives and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study
Abstract
The IS research community has accumulated a critical
mass of studies on IT business value, but the questions of how
and why IT creates business values remain understudied. In this
study, we focus on the role of network centrality and conjecture
that network centrality moderates the effects of IT initiatives on
firm performance. We collected data of 26 public companies
cross 19 industries over a period of 1994-2008 (15 years) and
conducted a multiple-level analysis. The results of data analysis
show that IT initiatives are significantly, positively related to firm
performance only in the high network centrality situation.
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APPENDIX
Johnson Controls Inc
DuPont
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Merck & Co Inc, Eli Lilly & Co, Pfizer Inc
Sigma-Aldrich Corp
Dell Inc
EMC Corp
Pitney Bowes Inc
Harris Corp, QUALCOMM Inc
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Lockheed Martin Corp
Raytheon Co
Hasbro Inc
Comcast Corp
Tech Data Corp
Ingram Micro Inc
American Express Co
Yahoo! Inc
Autodesk Inc, Electronic Arts Inc
McAfee Inc
Unisys Corp
Acxiom Corp
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